Effective May 1, 2008, Enrico Pes (40) and Georg Schmitt (37) have been appointed Managing Directors of Langhammer Maschinenbau GmbH.

At the beginning of the year, Heinrich Langhammer sold his company to Winkler+Dünnebier AG, a company of the Körber PaperLink Group. He also wished to resign from the Management Board as soon as possible. With Enrico Pes and Georg Schmitt the company has appointed two successors who have been working at Langhammer Maschinenbau GmbH for many years.

Enrico Pes worked as Technician Science and Development at HITEC Materials in Karlsruhe, Germany. In 1991 he joined Langhammer Maschinenbau GmbH where his last position was Manager Sales at the Eisenberg (Palatinate) and Freiberg (Saxony) sites.

Georg Schmitt finished his studies in Engineering Informatics and Mechanical Engineering at Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences, Germany, in 1997. He then joined Langhammer Maschinenbau GmbH where he first worked as a construction engineer, then as Manager Constructions.

Körber PaperLink - Global Specialist for Machinery and Services for the Paper and Tissue Industries

Körber PaperLink GmbH (KPL) is the strategic management holding company for the Paper Division of the Körber Group. Located in Hamburg, Germany, KPL unites internationally operating companies specialized in providing machinery and services for the paper and tissue converting industries, under one roof. Each of these companies - E.C.H. Will, Kugler-Womako, Pemco (with the brands SHM and Wrapmatic), Fabio Perini S.p.A., Perini Engraving, Green Bay Engineering, Fabio Perini S.A., KPL Packaging (with the Casmatic brand), Körber Engineering Shanghai, Winkler+Dünnebier and Langhammer - are market leaders. The KPL portfolio covers production lines for cut-size and folio-size papers, stationery items, envelopes and pockets and security documents as well as tissue products. The range also comprises packaging lines for cut-size and folio-size reams and tissue products as well as transport and palletizing solutions. Through the synergies deriving from the expertise that each company contributes to the group, Körber PaperLink is able to offer its customers comprehensive system solutions from a single source.

Körber PaperLink is active worldwide with sales and service offices in Europe, North America, South America, and Asia.

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Mirjam Melanie Müller
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